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(MOCK) PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alex Hoff Media Relations Director Office of strategic Communication

College of Charleston 66 George St., Charleston, SC 29424 (404) 754-4888 ashoff@g.cofc.edu

ANDERSON COOPER TO RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED COMMUNICATOR AWARD CHARLESON, S.C., October 31, 2011 The College of Charlestons Communication Department will award CNN anchor Anderson Cooper with its Distinguished Communicator award. Cooper will deliver a speech on the role of social media in news reporting on Monday, November 7 at 7 p.m. in the Sottile Theater at the College of Charleston. Cooper, the son of heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, is the winner of nine Emmys for his primetime CNN news show, Anderson Cooper 360. He is best known for his ground breaking coverage of Hurricane Katrina. He is also the host and co-producer of the daytime TV show, Anderson, and is a correspondent to CBSs 60 minutes. Six of Coopers Emmy awards are for Outstanding TV Journalism and Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story. Cooper attributes his successes in covering the news to his unique approach to reporting. I think Im sort of old school in my approach to objective reporting and not wearing my opinion on my sleeve, said Cooper. Cooper was born in 1967 in New York City. In order to break into reporting industry Cooper moved to Myanmar and produced homemade news broadcasts that he would later sell to an American news program geared to teenagers known as Channel One News. After returning to America two years later, Cooper became a full time CNN anchor and wrote his New York Times best selling memoir, Dispatches From the Edge. Laura Bennet, writer for The New Republic, believes Cooper cares deeply about the news he reports. Cooper is a journalist for whom all news is filtered through an intensely personal lens, an anchor who is physically and emotionally embedded in the topics he reports on, Bennet wrote. Past winners of the Distinguished Communicator Award include presidential speech writer Michael Gerson, former NBC White House correspondent John Palmer, Sports Illustrated senior writer Gary Smith, and former Sen. Fritz Hollings. The College of Charleston was named one of the best small public schools in the nation, according to Parade magazine. CofCs Communication Department has more than 800 students. The major prepares students for careers in fields such as public relations, journalism, and marketing. Coopers speech is open to the public. Admission is free.

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